Phonograph-record album



P. N. SEA. PHONOGRAPH RECORD ALBUM. APPL'ICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1920.

Patented Aug. 8,

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PHILIP N. SEA., 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PHONOGRAPH-RECORD ALBUM.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIi N. SEA, a cit izen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fhonograph-Itecord lyfacilitate withdrawal of records from their envelopes and reinsertionthereof.

My invention may be considered to be an improvement over theconstruction and arrangement shown in my co-pending applica- SerialNumber 379,189, filed May 5th, 1920. AS in the construction andarrangement of this co-pending application I prefer to hinge the variousenvelopes on a back section which in turn is hinged to a base sectionand a cover section, so that when the album lies flat the envelopes willunderlap at their front ends thus affording space for printing foridentifying the various rec-y ords. However, instead of having the ennvelopes open at one side as shown in my co-pending application I preferto have them open at the front so that records are eXtractable withoutremoving the=album from its compartment within a phonograph cabinet. Themost important feature of my invention is the application of tabs to thetop walls of the envelopes at the front thereof so that when a tab israised the top wall of the corresponding envelope and all envel opesthereabove will be raised to free and expose the record which can thenbe very easily withdrawn from the envelope whose top wall has beenraised.

My improved construction and arrangement is clearly illustrated on theaccompanying drawings, in which;

Fig. l. is a plan view of an album with part of the cover broken away;

Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional view on plane 2 2 Fig. l, and

Fig. 3, is an enlarged plan view of a section of the album.

The album shown comprises a base member 5, preferably of stiff material,and a cover member 6 also preferably of stiff material, the base andcover members at their rear edges being connected by a back mem-Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug, 8, 192i?,

1920. serial no. 388,415.

ber '7 which is also preferably of stiff material. rI`he back has hingedconnection with the vbase and cover members and such base and covermembers can therefore freely swing, or when the album is lying fiat theback number is free to change'its inclination invaccordance with theincreasing thickness as more records are added. The hinged connectionalso permits the base and cover members and the .envelope recordcontaining members to at all times lie flat. y

Secured to the back member 7 at regular intervals and extendingforwardly therefrom are the envelopes 8, all of the same length, andopen at the front. lVlith this arrangement, when the album lies flat,the envelopes will underlap at their front edges to provide the surfaces9 on which may be printed the title of the record `contained within therespective envelopes. Just within the front edge of each envelope at thecenter line thereof is a sight hole l0 through which the record isvisible when it is within its envelope. VVhen the record is not withinits envelope the back wall of the envelope will sh ow through the sightopening and being of a lighter color than that of the record, theabsence or presence of a record can easily be detected. In order toproperly position a record within its envelope so that it will extendforwardly to properly cooperate with the sight hole, I provide abutmentsll for the rear edge of the record, and such abutments can be in thenature of wire stitches.

Coming now to the main feature of my invention, I apply a tab l2 to andextending forwardly from the upper wall of each envelope, the tabs beingof such material and so applied that they will be strong and will notcause tearing of the envelope material when the tab is pulled upwardly.In order to clear the sight holes l0, the tabs are applied at one sideof the holes and preferably in alternate `arrangement so that there willbe a row at leach side of the row or sight holes, as clearly shown inFig. l. `With my improved arrangement, when it is desired to withdraw acertain record its envelope is first located on the index and then thecorresponding tab is grasped and the upper wall of such envelope raisedsufliciently to expose the record so it can be freely withdrawn. If alower tab is raised, the upper wall of the corresponding' envelopetogether With all the envelopes thereabove will be raised, butv as thetabs are of strong .material and .securely fastened to .the envelopes,

` there Will be no danger of tearing under such Weight. By consultingthe ,sight holes it can be ascertained Whether or not the desiredrecordis in place. For example, on the arrangement shown in Fig. l, therecord is shown missing out of number .three :envelope. `With myimproved arrangement oi' vsight holes and talos, records 4can fbeWithdrawnor inserted vWhile tlie album is lying` in its shelf'compartment of la phonograph cabinet. By merely raising` a 'tab a shortdistance, the record enclosed in 'the cor-respend-ing envelope will besuii'icently 'eX- posed 'so that 4it `can be readily grasped andWithdrawn. With my improved `device it is therefore unnecessary AtoWithdraw -it entirely from the cabinet and to fully open lche `covermember-before access can 'loe obtained spective sight hole by means .ofwhich tab such upper Wall be raised tok permit Withdrawal or insertionof a record.

2. In a phonograph record album, the

vcombination of covers and a plurality of record-receiving envelopesbound therein'vvith their front Vends underlapping, said envelopes beingopen only at their front ends, and a lifting tab secured to the upperWall 'of each envelope near the center of its open end whereby When thetab is raised the upper Wall will be raised away from and to epose thecontained record, said tabs underlapping.

In a phonograph record album., the combination of cover yinernloers anda plural ity of record-receiving envelopes `bound therein and .open only.at their front lends, such front ends f underlapping shorft distances,a sight-hole in the upper :Wall ,of each envelope at the open Lend:through `which the record is visible .When Within :the envelope,

and a tab secured to :the upper vWall of each,

envelope adjacent the .respective `sight hole by means of which theupper wall may `be raised away lfrom `and lto permit Withdrawal orinsertion ofthe sconta-ined record, itibe tabs of yalternate .envelopesbeing arranged liin rows.. m

In vvitnesswvhereof, I hereunto `subscribe my name-fthisQth dayoff-June, A. D.vi'l920.

` PHIL-IP N. SEA.

